Posted at 10:52 a.m., Friday, May 18, 2007
Tree giveaway set for next week on Capitol grounds
Advertiser Staff
A Big Island man will next week hold a tree giveaway event at the Capitol rotunda.Mark Hanson, president of the nonprofit Hawaiian Reforestation Program in Pahoa, plans to give away at least 500 seedlings at the event set for Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Among other varieties, offerings will include kukui, kamani and milo trees.
"In pursuit of my own happiness, I am hosting ... tree giveaways in every state to show everyone that planting trees with children is a fun way to stop global warming," said Hanson, noting that he kicked off the effort last month by giving away 5,000 oak trees and 110 cherry trees during Earth week on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.
